Tokay Gecko

[gunslinger]

i was in the pet shop the other day, checking out some tokays. i've always like gecko's, especially the more exotic looking ones, like the leopard and tokay geckos.

anyways, a few of the tokays i saw were gray in color, which i though was very cool. i asked the clerk if the gray color was like a juvenile stage or something, and he said that they change color sometimes.

is this true, or bs?

[snakemann87]

yes its true from what ive seen. At the shows there are always a ton of gray tokays, and i know they're tokays cause they're always b$@chy little things.

[gunslinger]

so they do change colors!! cool...

but does that mean that if i buy a green tokay, he might turn gray, or that there are just gray variations of the normal green tokays?

[snakemann87]

im not sure, i just know that these tokays i saw were gray.

[Youkai]

There are a lot of variations on tokays...from greenish, to greyish, to blueish. They will change color from night/day (slightly) and with stress.
But overall, if for example you buy a nice blue animal, it will usually be blue.

[norman]

i have seen some very nice ones that were black with red spots.

[girraffasaurus]

the main change is usually a darker/lighter variation of what they originally were, in my experience

[savannah_babe]

yeah, but with the tokays, their temperment isnt the best..he he..they have a nasty, nasty bite on them :)

[snakemann87]

definately, the tokays at the shows are lined up on tables, and one got so mad it thrashed around and knocked itself of the table!!!!

[nouserpif]

Most geckos I have seen are colour changers... One of my mourning geckos was out during the day, and he was all darky brown, but at night, he was lke a super bright cream coloured...
lol
Tokays are neat geckos, from what I've seen...
and fun to get bitten by!
lol
Dan Conner

[gunslinger]

i know...

i had alot of tokay's at one time... i named one of them hammer... he was 10 inches long and was very adept at biting the living #^@% out of me...

[Tim and Julie B]

I love Tokay's as soon as I get a female I'm going to breed them again. I can't honestly say I've had the same experiances. mine has never even tried to bite me. You can pet him under the chin! But I definatly would suggest it with most Tokay's. When he gets moved he gets dark. But other then that I've never seen him change color. Tokay's are my favorite gecko!!!http://www.ssnakess.com/photopost/data/500/1812tokay-med.jpg :D Sorry about the pic my camera isn't that good no wait the battery light is flashing........oops!